Gotham (TV Series)

Mad City: Burn the Witch (2016)

Ben McKenzie: James Gordon

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Quotes 

• [Valerie Vale shows up at Jim Gordon's front door] 

  Valerie Vale : Morning. Surprised to see me?

  James Gordon : Not really. What do you want?

  Valerie Vale : I have a proposition.

  James Gordon : Not interested.

  Valerie Vale : Oh, come on. Think of it as a way to say 'I'm sorry for handcuffing you to a car door.'

  James Gordon : Except I'm not.

• [Valerie Vale asks for Jim Gordon's help to get the story] 

  James Gordon : What's in it for you?

  Valerie Vale : A story.

  James Gordon : That's it?

  Valerie Vale : It shocks you that I love my job and I want to be good at it?

  James Gordon : Kinda. Why not just bring her in yourself? Why give me a million dollars?

  Valerie Vale : Because I'm a bigger person than you. And... because I couldn't find her.

• [Jim Gordon walks into Barbara Kean's bar] 

  Barbara Kean : [Barb smiles uncontrollably]  Oh... my... God.

  James Gordon : Hello, Barbara.

  Barbara Kean : 'Hello, Barbara'? Is that all I get?

  James Gordon : [Gordon hesitates]  How you been?

  Barbara Kean : [Barbara smiles]  Oh. How've I been? Well, see for yourself. I mean, it's no art gallery, but there's less chance of me dying of boredom.

• [Barbara Kean meets Valerie Vale] 

  Barbara Kean : How's Lee?

  James Gordon : We're not together.

  Barbara Kean : No. I thought by now you would've chased her down, put a ring on it. Did you dump her? Oh, I bet you dumped her, didn't you? You're such a heartbreaker.

  Valerie Vale : I feel like I walked into something.

  Barbara Kean : [Barb turns to Valerie]  'Cause you did. Who are you?

  Valerie Vale : Valerie Vale. I work for The Gazette. We're working on a project.

  Barbara Kean : [Barb whispers]  I bet. She your new girlfriend?

  James Gordon : No.

  Valerie Vale : No.

  [Barb chuckles] 

• [Barbara Kean offers Selina Kyle's whereabouts to Jim Gordon but only for a kiss] 

  James Gordon : Selina, have you seen her?

  Barbara Kean : [Barb leans into Jim Gordon]  A kiss. That's my price.

  Valerie Vale : Is she serious? Are-are you serious?

  Valerie Vale : [Valerie whispers behind Gordon]  Do it.

  James Gordon : [Gordon pauses before backing away]  Never mind.

  Barbara Kean : [Barb sighs]  You're honestly no fun.

• [Barbara Kean tells Jim Gordon that she had a dream about him] 

  Barbara Kean : Jim. I had a dream about you the other night. You were in this horrible accident, and you lost both of your legs, and then I had to push you around in a giant baby carriage.

  James Gordon : Good seeing you, Barbara.

• [Valerie Vale locks Jim Gordon out of the car] 

  James Gordon : Hey. Open the door.

  Valerie Vale : You should've let me come to find Peabody.

  James Gordon : Vale!

  Valerie Vale : And, you know what, I like your ex.

  [Valerie drives off without Gordon] 

• [Valerie Vale tells Jim Gordon that they're even after both successfully ditching each other] 

  Valerie Vale : Can we call this even? You got me. I got you. It's over. Let me buy you a drink.

  James Gordon : Yeah... it's over when I get Fish. You can read about it.

• [Jim Gordon tells Captain Barnes that they can't reach Harvey Bullock] 

  James Gordon : Harvey isn't answering his phone. Nobody knows where he is.

  Captain Nathaniel Barnes : Well, you could start by looking in every place in Gotham that serves booze.

• [Jim Gordon walks up to Harvey Bullock as a second hostage] 

  Harvey Bullock : Jim, what the hell are you doing here?

  James Gordon : Saving you; I thought that was obvious.

  Harvey Bullock : Oh, yeah. Totally. Thank you.

• [Jim Gordon tells Fish Mooney that he showed up to the mansion alone to save Bullock] 

  James Gordon : I'm here on my own. I only want Bullock.

  Fish Mooney : Really? You'd risk your life for this broken down old thing?

  Harvey Bullock : Thanks.

  James Gordon : He'd do the same for me.

  Harvey Bullock : I would, it's true.

  Fish Mooney : Well, you've helped me, 'cause now I have two hostages.

  James Gordon : Barnes won't see it that way. Hell, you kill me, he'll probably thank you. I've been nothing but a pain in the ass to him.

  Harvey Bullock : Also true.

• [Penguin receives a phone call from Jim Gordon] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin smiles]  Jim, you just keep surprising me.

  James Gordon : [Gordon on the other end]  Shut up.

• [Jim Gordon looks to the pile of dead monsters being burned] 

  James Gordon : Tell Barnes something, would you?

  James Gordon : [Harvey Bullock nods his head]  I'm going home.

• [Valerie Vale questions Jim Gordon about him being the one to let Fish Mooney escape] 

  Valerie Vale : You promised to help Fish escape, but you did it by double-crossing her and delivering her to Penguin.

  James Gordon : If that were so, I'd be a millionaire by now.

  Valerie Vale : Except Fish isn't dead. Penguin would've dragged her in front of the mob if she was.

• [last lines] 

  Valerie Vale : [Jim Gordon tells Valerie Vale to shut up for once]  Who the hell are you, Jim Gordon?

  James Gordon : [Gordon slowly walks up to Valerie's face]  Wait...

  James Gordon : Shut up for once.

  [when Gordon kisses Valerie on the lips]